[2] Beyond Compare can be configured as a difftool and mergetool of version control systems, such as git.

The reviewers initially found the user interface to be "a little overwhelming," but they "quickly got the hang of it" after using the program for a while.

[5] Beyond Compare also was featured in the March 2005 issue of the Windows IT Pro magazine in the "What's Hot" section.

[6] Scott Mitchell, writing for MSDN Magazine, identified the program's comparison rules as its most powerful feature.

[7] Steve Gibson of GRC described it as "a really cool...very smart Windows-based source comparison tool.